Megan Malone does NOT wish to be known as the murder driver. Unfortunately for her, it seems bodies just won’t stop falling in her lap. The body is identified as a young writer, Blathnaid, and later Megan meets her mentor, Claire. Claire is supposedly in Ireland researching a novel, but as Detective Paul Bourke discovers, there is also a chance that she is confronting Blathnaid about plagiarizing her work, or vice versa.
When another member ends up dead, Megan will have to find the killer, or give up for good.
I have not read any of Catie Murphy’s novels prior to this one.
I know a lot of my reviews talk about the characters, and that’s because the reader spends the majority of the book within the mind of one, sometimes multiple characters. It would be impossible to say that I can interact with the novel by ignoring the characters. That in mind, I absolutely did not like Jelena or Paul, and found Megan very aggravating. Jelena seemed very rude and nasty towards her girlfriend about things that weren’t in Megan’s control. I did not like how Jelena and Paul blamed her for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or for the media doing what the media does. However, I also didn’t like how Megan would say “I’m trying!” and say she wasn’t involved, but then in the next breath was being nosy. I find that I like novels where the characters are honest with themselves. If you want to investigate, do it. Don’t lie to yourself or the reader about it.
The mystery and overall plot were the only things that kept me reading. I wanted to know who the killer was, and why they did it. There were so many reasons, and the ‘she-said/she-said’ part of the plagiarism made me want to know the truth. I honestly didn’t know until the very end, so the author did a great job with possibilities.
Overall, I rate this novel 3 out of 5 stars.
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